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Transient state UV spectroscopy of Tyrosine and Tyrosine-containing protein
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Applied Physics, Quantum and Biophotonics.
2023 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Transient state UV-spektroskopi av tyrosin och tyrosininnehållande protein (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

The aromatic amino acids tryptophan, tyrosine, and phenylalanine have been extensively used for different label-free protein studies. These investigations extract information on protein conformations and interactions from the emitted fluorescence's intensity, wavelength, and/or polarization. Like most fluorescent organic compounds, these amino acids also undergo transitions into dark meta-stable states, including triplet and photo-radical states. These transitions are notably sensitive to the surrounding environment, offering an additional set of parameters that reflect the protein's interactions, folding states, and immediate surroundings.

Transient State (TRAST) monitoring has been developed to quantify fluorophore transition dynamics by recording the average fluorescence intensity in response to a modulated excitation. In this work, we performed TRAST experiments to investigate tyrosine autofluorescence and used it to detect conformational changes in calmodulin, a calcium-binding protein containing two tyrosine residues. A photophysical model for tyrosine was established, and it was revealed how tyrosine's dark state transitions changed with excitation intensity, solvent pH, and redox conditions. The TRAST experiments demonstrated that tyrosine's dark state transitions could serve as valuable information sources for label-free analyses of protein conformations and interactions.

Abstract [sv]

De aromatiska aminosyrorna tryptofan, tyrosin och fenylalanin har använts i stor utsträckning för olika inmärkningsfria proteinstudier. Dessa undersökningar extraherar information om proteinkonformationer och interaktioner från den emitterade fluorescens intensiteten, dess våglängd och/eller polarisering. Liksom de flesta fluorescerande organiska föreningar genomgår dessa aminosyror också övergångar till mörka metastabila tillstånd, inklusive triplett- och fotoradikaltillstånd. Dessa övergångar är särskilt känsliga för den omgivande miljön, och erbjuder en extra uppsättning parametrar som återspeglar proteinets interaktioner, vikningstillstånd och omedelbara omgivningar.

Transient State (TRAST) monitorering har utvecklats för att kvantifiera fluoroforövergångsdynamik genom att registrera den genomsnittliga fluorescensintensiteten som svar på en modulerad excitation. I detta arbete utförde vi TRAST-experiment för att undersöka tyrosinautofluorescens och använde den för att detektera konformationsförändringar i calmodulin, ett kalciumbindande protein som innehåller två tyrosiner. En fotofysikalisk modell för tyrosin etablerades, och hur tyrosins mörka tillståndsövergångar förändrades med excitationsintensitet, lösningsmedels pH och redoxförhållanden kunde faststållas. TRAST- experimenten visade att tyrosins mörka tillståndsövergångar kan fungera som värdefulla informationskällor för inmärkningsfria analyser av proteinkonformationer och interaktioner.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023.
Series
TRITA-SCI-GRU ; 2023:375
Keywords [en]
Tyrosine, Calmodulin, Autofluorescence, Transient-state monitoring, Electronic state transitions
Keywords [sv]
Tyrosin, Calmodulin, Autofluorescens, Transient-tillståndsövervakning, Elektroniska tillståndsövergångar
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Physical Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-338837OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-338837DiVA, id: diva2:1807765
Subject / course
Physics
Educational program
Master of Science - Engineering Physics
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Available from: 2023-10-27 Created: 2023-10-27 Last updated: 2024-04-23Bibliographically approved

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